@Serpenterror had a very similar experience with my RG350. I can't believe how tolerant people are to crappy dpads and buttons and button placement these days. The Analogue pocket also has a lousy dpad and laughable shoulder buttons but no one wants to talk about that either. I can pick up my 20 year old OG GBA and immediately feel the difference.
I'm sure this appeals to someone. But definitely not me. I grew up in the 80s, and I have endless nostalgia for the Gameboy. But it's not like Gameboys up and vanished. I can pull mine out now with an Everdrive and dive into any random game from a massive library of classics. These games all look like a few minute time wasters. I get enough weird looks from being an adult playing with a handheld game console, I'd hate to be sitting in public fiddling with that crank on a kiddie yellow unit.
@the_shpydar I'd rather they just be up front and disclose that they received a review unit with affiliate links at the end as NL does, instead of everyone pretending that this sort of thing doesn't happen on every big gaming website.
I held a tape recorder to my game boy back in the day just so I could listen to the music of Belmont's Revenge on the bus. I can probably credit the guy for getting me into both metal and classical music, with New Messiah and Original Sin sounding like chiptune thrash and those impressive chipped renditions of Bach's Chromatic Fantasy & Debussy's Passepied.
This is a humblebrag review of beta hardware with immediate comments attempting to preclude people from having opinions in response because you're not allowed to have thoughts until you're $400 deep. Nothing brings out the especially smug & snide like emulation.
The lack of FPGA is a dealbreaker, especially at that price and with add-ons. I'm not paying a premium for potentially (and likely) flawed emulation, may as well just stick with a raspberry pi or pc.
All I'm really interested in with something like this is the emulation quality, and since the core unit is still system on a chip, it's doubtful this thing will be any better than a retropi or any number of non-fpga systems. I'm not paying $250 for brute force imperfect emulation and some novelty features.
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Re: Trademark For Intellivision Amico Has Been Abandoned
I just want this to go away already, and for Tommy to get back to the Video Games Live series.
Re: Hands On: Anbernic RG353P - Shamelessly Inspired By Nintendo
@Serpenterror had a very similar experience with my RG350. I can't believe how tolerant people are to crappy dpads and buttons and button placement these days. The Analogue pocket also has a lousy dpad and laughable shoulder buttons but no one wants to talk about that either. I can pick up my 20 year old OG GBA and immediately feel the difference.
Re: Review: Playdate - Picking Things Up Where The Game Boy Left Off?
I'm sure this appeals to someone. But definitely not me. I grew up in the 80s, and I have endless nostalgia for the Gameboy. But it's not like Gameboys up and vanished. I can pull mine out now with an Everdrive and dive into any random game from a massive library of classics. These games all look like a few minute time wasters. I get enough weird looks from being an adult playing with a handheld game console, I'd hate to be sitting in public fiddling with that crank on a kiddie yellow unit.
Re: Hardware: The Taito Egret II Mini Is A Doorway Into True Gaming History
@the_shpydar I'd rather they just be up front and disclose that they received a review unit with affiliate links at the end as NL does, instead of everyone pretending that this sort of thing doesn't happen on every big gaming website.
Re: Intellivision Admits Its Wii-Like Amico Console May Never See Release
Maybe Tommy can get back to focusing on Video Games Live now. We're past due for a new level.
Re: Feature: Hidehiro Funauchi Mastered The Game Boy's Sound Chip, Then Seemingly Disappeared
I held a tape recorder to my game boy back in the day just so I could listen to the music of Belmont's Revenge on the bus. I can probably credit the guy for getting me into both metal and classical music, with New Messiah and Original Sin sounding like chiptune thrash and those impressive chipped renditions of Bach's Chromatic Fantasy & Debussy's Passepied.
Re: Hardware Review: Believe The Hype, Polymega Is The Ultimate All-In-One Retro Machine
This is a humblebrag review of beta hardware with immediate comments attempting to preclude people from having opinions in response because you're not allowed to have thoughts until you're $400 deep. Nothing brings out the especially smug & snide like emulation.
Re: Polymega Will Launch For Real This November - Or Earlier, If We're Lucky
The lack of FPGA is a dealbreaker, especially at that price and with add-ons. I'm not paying a premium for potentially (and likely) flawed emulation, may as well just stick with a raspberry pi or pc.
Re: All-In-One Retro System Polymega Will Also Support "Current-Gen" Cloud Gaming Services
@Deanster101 mother of god. This thing is such a scam.
Re: All-In-One Retro System Polymega Will Also Support "Current-Gen" Cloud Gaming Services
All I'm really interested in with something like this is the emulation quality, and since the core unit is still system on a chip, it's doubtful this thing will be any better than a retropi or any number of non-fpga systems. I'm not paying $250 for brute force imperfect emulation and some novelty features.